A precondition for this setup to work is that you have created an empty scene, which will be used for the fade from / to black at the start and end of your recording.
In the below example this scene will be called Black screen scene.
After you have set up your Black screen scene you will have to create two macros - one for starting the recording and one for stopping the recording.
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The macro to start the recording will have to be configured similar to this:
(1) Add a hotkey condition to the macro and chose name of your liking for the hotkey.
(2) Add a scene switch action, which will be used to prepare for the fade in from black by switching to theBlack screen scenebefore the recording is started.
The Cut transition type is used to make sure this transition happens immediately. (3) Next add an action of the type "Recording" and configure it to start the recording.
(4) Add another scene switch action, but this time select the scene on which you wish to start recording on and set the transition type to "Fade" with the desired duration to achieve the fade from black effect. -
To stop recording set up a macro similar to the following example:
It is based on the same concept used for macro start the recording by using the
Black screen sceneto achieve the fade effect.
(1) Add a hotkey condition to the macro and chose name of your liking for the hotkey.
(2) Add a scene switch action to transition to theBlack screen sceneand set the transition type to "Fade" with your desired duration. Make sure that "Wait until transition to target scene is complete" is checked to ensure that before continuing with the next action the scene transition has to complete.
(3) Finally add an action to stop the recording.